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(No Model.)

F. D. BELKNAP.

. REINFORCED STENCIL CARD.

No. 530,918. PatentedDec. 18, 1894.

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PATENT Erica.

FRANK D. BELKNAP,

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

REINFORCED STENCIL-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,918, dated December18, 1894.

Original application filed April 9, 1894, Serial No. 506 ,852. Dividedand this application filed September 20, 1894. Serial No.

523,544. (No model.) i

To all whom it .may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. BELKNAP, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Stencil-Cards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

My invention relates to what is known as addressing machines forprinting envelopes, Wrappers, postal cards, &c'., with lists of namesand post office addresses in order that notices or advertising mattermay be sent to each member of a long list or class of persons.

The invention consists of a peculiar form of stencil card ofnon-metallic material to be used in printing such addresses.

This application is a division of my application filed April 9, 1894,Serial No. 506,852, and is designed to cover specifically one of thespecies of the invention set forth generically in said above mentionedapplication, anda modification of the specific form claimed in saidapplication. I

The form of card here illustrated is designed to be usedin. anaddressing machine of the description illustrated in my pendingapplication, filed August 2, 1894, Serial No. 519,264.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front view partlybroken away ofthe card embodying the preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral cross section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of a cardembodying a modified form of my invention. Fig. 4. is a central crosssection of'Fig. 3.

Throughout the drawings like reference figures refer to like parts.

1, represents the body of the stencil cards in which the address isoutlined by perforations or in other suitable manner. This card ispreferably of parchment, oil paper or some other nonmetallic material.Around this card are the two parts of the frame which consists of thefront part 2 and the back part 3. This frame has an opening 5 usuallyrectangular in shape through which the stencil part of the card willappear. The over-lapping portions of the frame bear against the edges ofthe card 1 with sufficient frictional force to hold said card in placeunder ordinary circumstances, but, if necessary the card may be attachedto the frame by pasting or gumming along a certain limited portion ofits edge as for instance along the short edge which is in end 9 of theframe as shown in the drawings. The frictional contact of the otherportions of the frame upon and along the other edges of the card wouldassist in preserving the card in placebut would not prevent itcontracting or expanding independently of the frame whereby all warpingwould be avoided. The two parts of the frame, to wit, the front part 2and the back part 3 may be gummed orpasted together along all four edges4., 7, 8 and 9 or along two of them or three of them only. In the lattercase the ungummed edge or edges would leave a space along which the twoparts of the frame would be unconnected and through which, space thecard 1 could be slipped in and out of the frame for purposes ofcorrection or substitution.

The manner of connecting the two-parts of the. frame 2 and 3 may be'by aslight film of paste between their opposing edges and along the outerportion thereof as indicated in Fig. 2 or it may be by making the twoportions of one continuous piece folded over as illustrated in Figs. 3and 4. at 6 but the method shown in Figs. 1 and, 2 is the preferred forthe reason that a closer and more even contact of the front and backportions of the frame upon the edges of the central card would therebybe secured.

The method of using my invention is fully described in the pendingapplication, Serial No. 519,264, above referred to. The name and addressare perforated or otherwise outlined in the body of the card as shown inFigs. 1 and 3 and the card after being inserted in its frame is fed intothe addressing machine.

The advantages of the construction herein described are that the thinstencil card is reinforced and kept in shape by the encon1-, passingframe without being prevented from expanding and contracting, wherebyall warping is avoided. In that form of the invention in which the frameis left open at one side a card may be removed from the frame andanother one substituted for it and the frame will thereby serve for usewith any number of different cards. As a result when addresses becomeincorrect or obsolete, only the card portion need be destroyed while theframe can be preserved for use over again. The frame also serves toprevent the inked back of one card from touching the clean face of thenext card, when they are packed in a receiver. Such spacing isabsolutely necessary for if the face of the card becomes smudged withink it will evidently soil the envelope upon which it is placed for thepurpose of printing a name and address.

It is evident that while this invention is primarily designed to beembodied in a card of non metallic material as such are used in the formof addressing machine invented by me, yet the construction heredescribed would apply with equal advantage in many respects to metallicstencil cards.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto protect by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a stencil card, of a frame for said card whichhas an opening through which the stenciled part of the card will appear,said frame overlapping the edges of said card, both front and back, andholding said card in place, wholly or in part, by

friction against the over-lapped portions, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a stencil card, of a frame for said card whichhas an opening through which the stenciled part of the card will appear,said frame overlapping the edges of said card both frontand back andholding said card in place, wholly or in part, by friction against theoverlapped portions, the front and back portions of the frame beingconnccted together along a sufficient portion of their edges to producesuch frictional contact upon the inclosed card, but being leftunconnected along a sufficient portion of said edges to permit thesliding in and out of said card, substantially as described.

The combination Witha stencil card of nonmetallic material, of aframefor said card which has an openingthrough which the stenciled partof thecard will appear, said frame overlapping the edges of said card bothfront and back, but being attached to the card along a limited portiononly of said edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK D. BELKNAP.

Vitnesses:

PETER R. GATENS, A. PARKER SMITH.

